Research Grants

Latinos are the largest and fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S., but they are significantly underrepresented in higher education.

School district administrators are responsible for making important decisions about instructional policy, such as the evaluation of teacher performance, designing professional development for teachers, and adoption and use of student assessments.

Numerous federal initiatives are increasing the incentives and pressures for state and local education agencies to adopt policies and practices that are grounded in research, yet little is known about how these agencies access, evaluate, or use research findings.

What factors contribute to gender differences in adolescent health risk behaviors (e.g., cigarette, alcohol, and drug use, sexual activity, birth control use)? How can this information be used in intervention programs and policies to reduce engagement in such risky ...

Although research on effective child and adolescent mental health interventions has grown significantly over the past two decades, public mental health care systems have been slow to draw on this research.

The common standards movement, which seeks to establish similar academic standards across multiple states, is rapidly gaining traction—the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers have developed a set of core standards and the U....

The over-representation of African-American youth among those disciplined with out-of-school suspension and expulsion is a major issue in educational equity.

Developed by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time at the Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, the Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT) is an instrument designed to examine particular aspects of after-school program quality that research suggests contribute to desired ...

How do students’ changing relationships with parents, teachers, and peers influence their math/science achievement and course taking? How do these influences shift over time and within contexts defined by their level of economic disadvantage, race/ethnicity, and immigration status?

How are healthy children’s development, education, and employment outcomes affected by a sibling’s chronic or severe health problems?